WEBVTT
.
IT WILL BE JUST FINE TONIGHT.
>> ANXIOUS FANS WASTED NO TIME.
AND NOT JUST CHIEFS FANS.
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, GET
THE HEATERS GOING AND FIRE UP
THE GRILL.
THE COAL DID NOT SEEM TO MATTER.
>> A LOT OF HOURS OUT THERE.
>> THEY DID PLAN AHEAD.
>> THEY HAVE THREE OR FOUR
GRILLS GOING.
>> I WOULD BE OUT HERE ALL LAST
NIGHT IF THEY LET ME.
PLENTY OF CHIEFS SPIRIT.
WHAT IF ONE OF THESE TAILGATERS
JUST CAN'T TAKE THE COLD.
>> WE THROW BLANKET OVER HIM.
>> THAT IS A PLAN.

Despite the cold temperatures, some Chiefs fans made their way to Arrowhead Stadium very early for Thursday’s prime-time showdown with the Oakland Raiders, arriving at noon for the 7:25 p.m. kickoff.

The team opening up the parking lot earlier than usual in hopes of getting fans into the Truman Sports Complex before the afternoon rush hour, but the fans said they just liked having extra tailgating time.

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“It’s all about the tailgating,” one fan said.

The fans fired up the heaters, fired up the grills and then got themselves fired up for the game.

Most of the fans had on Chiefs red, but a few silver-and-black Oakland fans were also in the parking lot early.

Some of the fans used tents to block the wind. One fan had an idea in case a tailgater couldn’t take the cold weather.

“We could put ‘em in the bus, we throw a blanket over ‘em and hope it’s a Raiders fan and they forget to go in,” the fan said.